The University of North Carolina’s Daniel Keller cleared a bar during the high jump portion of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships’ decathlon in Fayetteville, Ark., Wednesday. (April L. Brown/Associated Press)

A Colombia soccer team fan cheered the team at a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer game against Peru in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday. Colombia won 1-0. (Luis Benavides/Associated Press)

A girl ran into water pouring from a stadium’s upper balcony during a rain delay in the MLB game between the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday. The game was eventually postponed until Sept. 1. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

A 4-year-old girl played during the “Coca” celebration in Redondela, Spain, Thursday. Children dress in traditional costumes for the event. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

Workers repaired electricity cables on a power tower in Chuzhou, Anhui province, China, Wednesday. China’s power consumption in May fell 2.58% from a year earlier, a magazine reported Wednesday. (China Daily/Reuters)

Guy and Michelle Kroeger, of Boonville, Ind., gazed at the Grand Canyon in Arizona Wednesday. Work started this week on a project to reconstruct the park’s South Kaibab Trail. The money comes from economic stimulus funds. (John Moore/Getty Images )

Authorities helped people injured in a multi-vehicle crash in heavy fog on Interstate 15 near Oak Hills, Calif., Wednesday. Up to 30 vehicles were involved in a pileup. At least 15 people were injured and wreckage was scattered for a half-mile. (Eric Reed/Associated Press)

The Lobster telephone, a painted plaster sculpture from 1936, will be showcased at the opening of the “Liquid Desire” Salvador Dali exhibit in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday. The exhibit will showcase more than 200 works by Spanish artists. (Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

Students protested against the visit of Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi at the University La Sapienza in Rome Wednesday, hurling paint at police. During a forum, students asked Mr. Gaddafi about Libya’s human-rights record and what democracy means to him. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

The Los Angeles Sparks’ Betty Lennox got hit in the face with a basketball after the Minnesota Lynx’s Kelly Miller batted it away during their WNBA game in Minneapolis Wednesday. Ms. Lennox led the Sparks with 25 points in their 87-76 loss to the Lynx. (Jim Mone/Associated Press)

Men dressed in traditional Bavarian clothes stood near boats at Lake Staffelsee in Seehausen, Germany, Thursday. A traditional procession was canceled due to stormy weather. (Christof Stache/Associated Press)

A law enforcement officer watched as police secured the perimeter of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington Wednesday. On Thursday, police said white supremacist James von Brunn, 88, will be charged with murder for fatally shooting a guard at the museum. (Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press)

A mug shot of Phil Spector, released Wednesday, shows the music producer without his legendary hair wig, and bald. He was sentenced to 19 years to life for killing actress Lana Clarkson. Mr. Spector is being processed and evaluated at a Delano, Calif., prison before being sent to his final destination. (Getty Images)

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